Quotes About Preparation

I always prepare like I'm a starter. Three-down back.

You play the game to compete and you want to be a starter, but at the same time you don't want to rush yourself to be in any situation that could possibly lead you back to where you are today.

It wasn't like I came in and was like, 'I'm going to be a starter.' That was never in my head. It was always about, like, 'I can make sure I come and I'm better and I can handle the ball and I can shoot and I can defend. And, if I can do those things, I will play.'

I train every day to be a starter.

I practice as if I'm one of the starters.

When I'm in the starting gate, it's just me and the hill.

I could imagine, some number of years from now, starting my own company. But not yet. Not for a while.

We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.

Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way.

I think Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens have very carefully plotted 'The Hobbit' out so that it does feel like the starting point for 'The Lord of the Rings.'

Providing a quality education for children starts before they even arrive at school.

My physical preparation for a series starts at least 10, 15 days before it begins, but mentally around a month before I start visualising things as to which bowling attack I will be facing, the conditions I will encounter and other things.

I feel really good in the box when I get an AB in the first inning. I feel like it just starts the day the right way.

For me, as an actor, the challenge is mostly before the film starts when you have to get into the psychology of the character.

The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.

I know when the racing starts everything will calm down and the legs will be there. It's in the days before you have to keep your mind occupied.

An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

I think a lot of actors, we underprepare emotionally for how intense pilot season can be. And we underprepare the people around us, our support system. So when it starts taking up more time than you expect it to, we feel guilty.

As an actor, you're lucky if you get a month before a project starts. There are times when you get a day before a project starts. So to be able to really sit and inhabit that mind and the story is really beneficial, and it really helps for me to be able to then compartmentalize as we're shooting and detach and go somewhere else.

Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing on having more good starts than bad starts, and I traditionally do. But I would hate to make it all the way to the Olympics and have a bad starting day.

Preparation starts after the game before.

For me, the game starts with starting pitching.

A standard day usually starts very early - 4.30 A.M. pick-ups and in the make-up chair by 5.30.

When you work so much in between starts, you realize how long the season is. It's exciting to look at and be a part of, obviously. It's almost like a challenge, to see how, from start to start, things may feel a little differently.